...Sociological Theories In Education Introduction to Sociology Professor Whited Monday February 13th 2012 Education is often considered as the most important aspect of an individual’s life. Education essentially shapes a person’s future. Without an education, moreover a good education, in today’s economy people would struggle in everyday life just to make ends meet. In fact, according to statistics published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for people who do not have a high school diploma or equivalent, on a survey taken by 11,437 people in January 2011, is 16.5%. That is a staggering 1,892 people who are unemployed because they do not have adequate education. Thus it is therefore evident that an education, or some education is paramount to a person’s success or accomplishments in life. There are three theories that help understand education. Although most view these theories as opinions, these theories support the need for education by allowing society to better understand education and they demonstrate or help identify what education really is. The three theories that are important for purposes of this paper are: Functionalism, Conflict, and Interactionism. These three theories play a vital role in helping understand education and why it is so important. Contrary to most beliefs, the theories previously mention are not simply one man’s opinions, rather they give a prime meaning to the necessity of education. Traditionally, American education has served both...
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...How does social class affect education? Education is available to all people from different social class background, but not everyone is able to accomplish high level of education. The level of education an individual acquires is based on an individual’s position in the social class hierarchy. Depending on which social class a person falls in affects person’s education level and quality of education. An individual from higher social class spectrum will be more likely to have a better education than an individual from lower social class spectrum. A person’s home background, resources available, and access to take advantage of opportunities tells whether or not a person is capable of getting good education. An individual that has ability to...
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...decades of comprehensive education, that family wealth is the single best predictor of success in the school system. Of course some children from well-off homes don’t do well at school and some children from poor backgrounds succeed, but the overall pattern is clear: social class, defined in terms of socio-economic status, correlates closely with attainment at school.” (Cole, Mike. (2006). Social class and schooling. In: Education, equality and human rights. Taylor and Francis. 202.) This extract shows that social class defines how good or how bad a student will perform in their educational years therefore it can be linked into what Gaine says “Many working class parents will want a wider range of opportunities for their children than to what they have experienced […] many will socialise their children into the world they know” (Gaine, Dr.Chris, George, Ms Rosalyn (30 Nov 1998). Gender, 'Race' and Class in schooling: A new introduction. 3rd ed. l: Taylor and Francis. 35.) Although parents would want their kids to have high aspirations they know that because of the social injustice and because they belong to working class families that’s all they’ll be aspirations. Furthermore such decisions as to what the child receives in terms of education wise and career wise all depends on the students willingness and those that don’t have the determination and for some the ones that come from lower classes it is a constant circle for them of dropping out of education and living on government...
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...Throughout case studies on schools in different areas and of different income basis it has been shown that different types of eduction is offered. To support my personal view i will be refering to "Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work". Before reading Anyons essay i noticed the difference of teaching and learning of the different social classes. After graduating from middle school and starting high school i was exposed to many of the different social classes and the difference of the teachings. Its amazing how obvious it is that schools are placed in different social groups based on family income or different areas, and how the students are suffering from it. I've observed that in lower class schools, or schools that are filled with majority of children of parent s with blue- collar jobs are usually the students who are offered poorer education from the available teachers. Anyon states "The teachers rarely explain the work that is being assigned, how it might connect to other assignments, or wht the idea is that lies behind the procedure or gives it coherence and perhaps meaning or significance". When a student moves on to the next level of education this is clearly shown in their performance. It only damages the cilds potential because they are affected by the ineffective communication from the teachers, which develops a slower learning process. The children only have one objective in mind, which is completing the assignment. With little to no explanation behind it...
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...Correlation between Social Class & Education Today, criticism exists between the correlation between social class division and linguistics which suggest to a reflection of United States’ educational system. Presently in the U.S. the controversy lies between society, where a fine line that divides and correlates education and social class. Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, a group of scholar researchers, concluded in their article Bowles and Gintis on Schooling in the United States that being born into a specific social class could potentially determine the future of a person’s academic potential, life goal achievements, and more specifically their respective social class. In my opinion, however, education and linguistics do not adhere to predictive social classes. Education and more specifically linguistics are being suggested as an inferiority of our school system. What is known as Ebonics or AAE (African American English) is widely used though out the modern United States; not only AAE is used today but other forms of slang like those used in Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and other social media. Geneva Smitherman and others also suggest certain dialects such as AAE do not reflect nor lack control over education, but it is rather an enriched language of diverse cultures. Moreover Bowles and Gintis argue that students’ “lack of control over his or her education” reflect their respective social class. According to Basil Bernstein, another scholarly source, education is closely related...
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...NGO Project Report - Each One Teach One Project Title: UDAAN Submitted By : Divya Venkatraman Saily Gilbile Pooja Shetty Krishna Subramanian Saarthak Lal Rekha Kamath ABSTRACT Our NGO project which was from 16th December 2013 to 23rd December 2013 was based on Each One Teach One. We had to analyse the teaching methods of EOTO teachers and in various municipal and government aided schools. We understood the organisational structure of EOTO and the working pattern of the organisation. WE also had a look at their financial statements and spoke to their COO about the various problems faced by her In operating EOTO. We visited two schools which were located in Dadar and Sion and observed the teaching pattern of the teachers and also learning style of the children. We also went through the documents which were required for the ISO certification to make sure everything was in place. For our session we as a team had been given the following tasks: * Teaching English grammar to Std 8th students and poems and movies to Std 4th students * Monitoring computer lab and teaching Std 1st and 2nd students about the use of computers * Maintaining student database and drafting letters and notes to the donors * Outdoor game. * Supervising the activities and submitting the observations about the quality standards in schools EACH ONE TEACH ONE About our NGO: Each One Teach One (EOTO) was found Mrs Jyoti Tanna with her burning desire and the support from family and friends. EOTO...
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...BACKWARD DESIGN/DOWNWARD DESIGN CROSS CURICULAR PLANNING MODEL Subjects /Strands: Social Studies : Heritage & Identity: Our Changing Roles and Responsibilities Grade(s): 1 Dates of possible implementation: ________________________ Culminating task due date: ________________ | |What is important for students to know? What are the enduring understandings? What is the big open question to inform learning and link curricula? (consider | |A. BIG IDEA FOR THIS UNIT |starting with big ideas in Science or Social Studies) | | | | | |BIG IDEAS: A person’s roles, responsibilities, and relationships change over time and in different situations. | | |Their own roles, responsibilities, and relationships play a role in developing their identity | | |All people are worthy of respect, regardless of their roles, relationships, and responsibilities. | | ...
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...Social Media in Education Introduction: Social media is something that has become very common in society and in the lives of students today. Although social media may sound like it doesn’t have a place in education, schools and teachers are now using it to their advantage. I. Frequency of use A. 96% of students with internet access report using social networking technologies (bestmastersineducation.com) B. 59% of students who use social networking talk about education topics online (bestmastersineducation.com) C. What this means 1. In order to keep the students interested, social media has to be incorporated 2. Social media is not only for personal use II. Types of social media used in schools A. Facebook 1. Most used in higher education (98% in 2010-2011; onlineuniversities.com) 2. Used for announcements, reminders, and other important information B. YouTube 1. Allows student to see other examples of given information 2. Brings other opinions and viewpoints from anywhere into the classroom C. Skype 1. Students can engage with their classmates and instructors outside of the classroom 2. Still allows for that face to face interaction which is essential in learning D. Other forms 1. Twitter, LinkedIn 2. Educational sites that provide assistance outside of the classroom (Purdue Owl) III. Although there are drawbacks, the use of social media poses positive results in education. A. Drawbacks/Cons (onlineuniversities.com, bestmastersineducation...
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...Education and differences in educational achievement- past questions and mark schemes (CLASS, GENDER and ETHNICITY) January 2006 (a) Explain what is meant by cultural capital. (Item 1A, line 8). (2 marks) Two marks for an appropriate explanation or definition, such as the values, knowledge, attitudes, skills, tastes etc. possessed by the upper/middle class, or the values, knowledge etc. that give one class an educational advantage. (c) Identify three features of the restricted speech code (Item 1A, lines 10-11). (6 marks) Two marks for each of three appropriate features identified, such as: • used by the working class; • short/incomplete sentences; • often reduced to gestures; • context-bound/particularistic meanings/speaker assumes audience shares same frame of reference; • not used in education; • a product of repetitive, unskilled work; • a product of positional/rigid family structures. (e) Examine the reasons why females now tend to achieve more than males in the education system. (20 marks) Candidates will consider a range of reasons, such as the impact of feminism, equal opportunities policies, role models, changes in the family and work, changes in the curriculum and assessment, changes in girls aspirations, teacher attention and classroom interaction, selection, league tables etc. Concepts and issues such as meritocracy, patriarchy, pupil subcultures, labelling, de-industrialisation, marketisation, the hidden curriculum...
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...Pearce, Down and Moore (2008) argue that in a postmodern world, concept of the social class has become ever more complex and inconsistent. For this reason, has been a swing away from using class as a theoretical framework among researchers. However, in American higher education system we still witness a hidden influence of social class, specifically among elite universities. According to Martin (2012), students from well-off and well-connected families have advantage during the admissions process at highly selective colleges and universities. Despite all this, there are community colleges and many other universities for many reasons such as financial needs, have more open doors for students from diverse socioeconomic and cultural families....
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...Malik (S153F0008) Entrepreneurship education in universities The latest decades have seen a tremendous rise in entrepreneurship education at universities around the globe. The foremost pedagogical tool in many entrepreneurship programs seems to be having students learn how to write a business plan (Hills, 1988; Johannisson et al., 1998). A new study examines three new, comparatively small, but very ambitious entrepreneurship programs. All of the three programs try to increase students’ awareness of entrepreneurship as a career possibility, but also include various practical training modules. Specifically, all three programs include training session in acting and thinking creatively, using a problem-based learning approach where students develop new and creative solutions to business ideas and eventually, in some cases, actually start new ventures during the educational program. Role of education on entrepreneurial intentions Entrepreneurial intention has been described as “a conscious state of mind that directs attention toward a specific goal to achieve it” (Bird, 1989, p. 8). Researchers typically trace entrepreneurial intentions to three general factors (Krueger et al., 2000). First, intentions are triggered by a person’s attitude towards the behaviour. This is seen as the weighted sum of perceived consequences and the likelihood of different outcomes of the behaviour, including intrinsic rewards. The second factor is perceived social norms. This means that the beliefs...
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...Social Class in Modern British Education For this assignment I have been asked to write about a current issue in Further\Higher Education. I have chosen to discuss some of the issues of social class as they relate to education policy in modern Britain. Following the right to vote, the right to education is a freedom which people throughout history and around the world have struggled to achieve. “There is a sense in which social class has been at the core of British sociology of education throughout the existence of the field, even when it has not been high on education policy agendas.” (Whitty, 2001, p.287) While issues and effects of social class exist in all countries, the English experience is particularly problematic. (Goldthorpe, 1996) In the United Kingdom at the turn of the 19th century a university education was a privilege enjoyed by the sons of the wealthy and influential. Although members of the social elite “passed through the universities, they rarely completed their degrees. The subsidiary mission of the pre-industrial universities was to complete the socialisation of future elites, social and political”. (Scott, 1995, p.12) The last two decades have witnessed a considerable amount of rhetoric with regard to improving this situation; with access and inclusion being the keystones of nearly every government policy issued. New Labour went so far as to announce in its election manifesto an explicit aim of increasing participation in higher education to 50 per cent...
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...For this reason I will not tolerate prejudice on any level from anyone. All students should feel welcomed and advocated for. I plan to incorporate Multicultural social justice education into my teaching, as I think it can be extremely beneficial for students and our society as a whole. Teaching students to analyze the world around them helps to develop a passion for change, which we desperately need in this world. This will also ensure that the educational needs of diverse students, families, and communities are addressed. I will also teach the single group studies approach, as I believe teaching students about other cultures in a more involved way is important. Not only learning about the oppression of certain groups, but about their lives before the oppression, their goals, and achievements would beneficial for all students. When considering guest speakers, I will insure that students are exposed to a wide variety...
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...Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Social, Ethical & Legal Issues regarding Social Media and Pharmacy Education For the longest time the use of the internet has elicited a wide array of scrutiny from all the areas of the society. Articles have been written regarding the use or more often the misuse of the internet especially the social network (Chadwick & Besley, 45). Most of the debate has been centered on the issues that are directly related to the use of social media in number of areas. The institutions of higher learning have also been significantly influenced by the social media such as Facebook, tweeter, YouTube and other technologies that allow for real time communication among people through the internet. An article by Jeff Cain and Joseph Fink looked at certain issues that have arisen in regards to the use of the social media in pharmacy education (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov). The goal of the article was to identify the core ethical issues that are as a result of the use of social media in higher learning and it also offered recommendations for pharmacy lecturers and other educators on how to prepare for and address potential issues that pertain to the use of the social media. This article tries to address the struggles that the pharmacy educators are faced with in regards to their communications and relationship with and among students in the wake of the rampant use of the social media. It tries to clarify some of the legal issues that have been faced with in regards to...
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...SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS LACK BUSINESS SKILLS TRAINING, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL INNOVATION By: Marisa Cloete Mini Research Proposal History and Theory of Graphic Design 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ………………………………………………………………………….....3 LIST OF FIGURES …………………………………………………………………………………..4 APPENDIX…………………………………………………………………………………………….4 GLOSSARY OF TERMS ………………………………………………………………………..…..5 CHAPTER 1: RESEARCH PROBLEM …………………………………………………………...6 1.1 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………………...6 1.2 STATEMENT OF RESEARCH PROBLEM ……………..……………………………………6 1.3 BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH PROBLEM …………….…………..………………,.7 1.4.1 MAIN RESEARCH QUESTION .....................................................................................7 1.4.2 SUB-QUESTION ….....……………………………………………………..………………....7 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW …………………………………………..………………..8 2.1 INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………….….……………….8 2.2 SOCIAL INNOVATION, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR BASIC NEEDS…….8 2.3 SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS NEED SKILLS AND TRAINING. ……….……..…………….9 2.4 CASE STUDIES: SUCCESFULL SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS …..……………………..11 2.4.1 LOCAL CASE STUDIES IN RELATION TO DESIGN RESEARCH ……….…….....11 2.4.2 INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES IN RELATION TO DESIGN RESEARCH…....12 2.5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ……………………..……..……...………..13 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY …….…………….…………….14 3.1 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………..…………….……………….14 3.2 QUALITATIVE...
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